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La Vuelta Femenina: Demi Vollering wins stage five to lead general classification
Demi Vollering held off two-time world road race champion Annemiek van Vleuten on an uphill finish to win stage five of La Vuelta Femenina. The…
Knitted cardigan scam leaves Berwick woman ‘gobsmacked’
Milena-London and Elfie Waren The advert, left, showed a knitted cardigan but the items received were just printed sweatshirt material A woman says she was…
Life-sized Taylor Swift cake damaged and cannot shake it off
Jacob King/PA Media Jacob King/PA Media Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour inspired this life-sized creation from Elza Baldzhiyska, which had to be withdrawn due to…
Whistleblower vet awarded £1.25m settlement and apology from DAERA
Dr Tamara Bronckaers: “It made me fearful going into work.” A former government vet has received a £1.25m settlement from the Department of Agriculture and…
Why ‘worthless’ humanities degrees may set you up for life
Nappy The ‘soft skills’ most in demand from employers are creativity, persuasion and collaboration (Credit: Nappy) As we head into 2020, we’re running the best,…
The engineers battling to stop global warming ruining roads
Getty Images Maintaining Queensland’s roads is a challenging task Australia’s floods of 2010-11 spread devastation and damage across Queensland, with 33 people losing their lives…
Monday’s Scottish Gossip: Rangers, Ojo, Aribo, Celtic, Ntcham, Kilmarnock, Alessio
Olivier Ntcham admits he could leave Celtic with Lyon, Marseille and Porto all keen on the midfielder. (Sun), external Celtic’s Ntcham has hinted he is…
Nigerian authorities shut three cough syrup manufacturers
The Nigerian government recently banned the sale and import of codeine cough syrup. Nigeria’s authorities have shut down three leading drugs companies after a BBC…
Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Monopoly’s inventor, Elizabeth Magie, would have sent herself straight to jail if she’d lived to know just how influential today’s…
What’s a skilled worker? And other immigration questions
Getty Images The government has been unveiling details of its plans for a new post-Brexit immigration system. It said low-skilled workers would not be given…